Gabriele Gardel

Gabriele Gardel(born 22 October 1977 inMilan,Italy) is aSwissformerracing driver.Having competed insports carsfor most of his career, Gardel won the2005 FIA GT Championshipdriver's title, and took home two class victories at the24 Hours of Le Mansin2010and2011.

Gabriele Gardel
Gardel (right) and Bervillé in the2010 24 Hours of Le MansDriver's Parade
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1977-10-22)22 October 1977 Milan,Italy
Blancpain Endurance Seriescareer
Debut season	2012
Previous series
2003–05 2006–07, 2010	FIA GT Championship Le Mans Series
Championship titles
2005 2006	FIA GT ChampionshipGT1 Le Mans SeriesGT1

Career

Gardel drove theFerrari 550-GTS Maranello(pictured in 2004) in theFIA GT Championshipfor two seasons, winning the driver's title with it in2005.

Complete chronology:

• 1995:Formula Ford,best finish: 4th.
• 1996: Italian F3, Italian runner, best driver under 21 (2 wins, 7 podiums).
• 1997: Italian F3, best finish: 6th.
• 1998: Italian F3, best finish: 5th.
• 1999: German F3, Junior Team Benetton, best finish: 4th.
• 2000–2002:Euroseries 3000,8th absolute.
• 2003:2003 FIA GT Championship season,N-GT class best finish: 3rd.
• 2004:2004 FIA GT Championship season,vice world champion GT1 (2 wins, 7 podiums) with FerrariFerrari 550-GTS Maranello.
• 2005:2005 FIA GT Championship season,GT1 World Champion (3 wins, 6 podiums) with Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello.
• 2006:2006 Le Mans Series season,World Champion GT1 (2 wins, 3 podiums) withAston Martin DBR9.
• 2007:2007 Le Mans Series season,4th absolute GT1 category (5 podiums) with Aston Martin DBR9.
• 2007:24 Hours of Silverstone,3rd absolute category GTR.
• 2008:Grand-Am,best finish: 6th and participation in the2008 24 Hours of Daytona.
• 2009:Porsche Carrera Cup Italy.
• 2010:2010 Le Mans Series season,LMS GT1 champion with FordSaleen S7R.
• 2010:24 Hours of Le Mans,GT1 winner with Saleen S7R with Ford.
• 2010:2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup,Intercontinental Champion with Ford Saleen S7R in GT1 category.
• 2011:24 Hours of Le Mans,winner of the GTE-am class withCorvette C6– ZR1.
• 2011:2011 Intercontinental Le Mans CupIntercontinental Champion category Gt-am with Corvette C6-ZR1.
• 2012:2012 Blancpain Endurance Series seasonwithEmil FreyGT3 Jaguar Racing and2012 International GT Open seasonwith Maserati MC3.
• 2013:2013 Blancpain Endurance Series seasonwithEmil FreyGT3 Jaguar Racing and2013 Italian GT Championship seasonwith Porsche.
• 2014:2014 Blancpain Endurance Series seasonwithEmil FreyGT3 Jaguar Racing. Trofeo Maserati, 4th absolute (2 wins, 6 podiums).NASCAR Whelen Euro Series2 Elite 2 race winner atLe Mans.
• 2015:2015 Blancpain Endurance Series seasonwithEmil FreyGT3 Jaguar Racing.

Motorsport results

Gardel won the2010 24 Hours of Le Manswith theSaleen S7-Rin the GT1 class, withJulien Canaland Roland Bervillé.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	Larbre Compétition	Jean-Luc Blanchemain Patrick Bornhauser	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	GT1	222	DNF	DNF
2010	Larbre Compétition	Roland Bervillé Julien Canal	Saleen S7-R	GT1	331	13th	1st
2011	Larbre Compétition	Patrick Bornhauser Julien Canal	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GTE Am	302	20th	1st
Sources:

NASCAR

(key) (Bold– Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics– Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2

NASCARWhelen Euro Series– Elite 2 results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	NWES	Pts	Ref
2014	PK Carsport	11	Chevy	VAL	VAL	BRH	BRH	TOU	TOU	NÜR	NÜR	UMB	UMB	BUG 4	BUG 1	–	–
2016	PK Carsport	24	Chevy	VAL 4	VAL 23	VEN 11	VEN 4	BRH 23	BRH 6	TOU 5	TOU 5	ADR 1	ADR 2	ZOL 1	ZOL 5	2nd	604

External links

• Official website